Welcome to a hard-boiled and not without noir blog with news and reviews, occasional outbursts of maniacal Autograph Hound activity, plus archival records from the forty-five year run of The Dashiell Hammett Tour. 
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Tag Archives: Galactic Central
Sinister Cinema: Taxi!
For the sixth adventurous outing into his new series Pulps in the Movies, John Locke picks up on one of those reliable newsstand scenes he’s mentioned. Too bad Cagney himself isn’t killing time in the frame, but for movie buffs … Continue reading →
Posted in Film, Lit
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Tagged All-Story Love, Far West Stories, Flying Aces, Galactic Central, James Cagney, John Locke, Nat Pendleton, Pulps in the Movies, Sport Story Magazine, Triple-X Western
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Hammett: “The Barber and His Wife”
How about we kick off the month with The Return of Tenderloin Terry Zobeck? It’s always swell when Terry climbs back on deck after a hiatus. Terry’s still got one Hammett story he needs to check for editorial meddling by … Continue reading →
Posted in Dash
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Tagged "The Barber and His Wife", A Man Named Thin, Brief Stories, Crime Stories, EQMM, Frederic Dannay, Galactic Central, Lost Stories, pure texts, Terry Zobeck, Vince Emery, Zobeck Series Two
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